Long-term corrosion and leaching of depleted uranium (DU) in soil

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Schimmack, W ^a   Gerstmann, U ^a   Schultz, W ^a   Geipel, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION RATES; DRY SOIL MASS; LEACHING RATES;

CARBONATES; CORROSION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHATES; URANIUM;

SOILS;

CARBONIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; URANIUM; URANIUM 238;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORROSION; DRY MASS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY; LEACHING; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GERMANY; HALF-LIFE; LUMINESCENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOMETRY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS; URANIUM;

EID: 34547126662     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-007-0114-3     Document Type: Article

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